Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale
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The Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale or HADS is a questionnaire used to screen medically ill patients for anxiety and depression. It consists of 14 questions, seven for anxiety and 7 for depression. It does not contain all the necessary questions to make a firm diagnosis of anxiety or depression.[1]
ME/CFS[edit | edit source]
The Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale has been validated in many different patient populations, including cancer patients, but has not been validated for use in patients with ME/CFS.
HADS in research[edit | edit source]
HADS is sometimes used in research studies to approximate levels is anxiety or depression in patients who are physically ill. It has been heavily used by British paediatrician Esther Crawley.[citation needed]
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